On May 5, 1845, President Jones, of the Republic of Texas, called for a convention to be held on July 4, 1845 to consider the annexation and a constitution. On June 23, the Texan Congress accepted the US Congress's joint resolution annexing Texas to the United States of March 1, 1845, and consented to the convention. A Texas convention debated the annexation offer and almost unanimously passed an ordinance assenting to it on July 4, 1845. The convention debated through August 28th, and adopted the Constitution of Texas on August 27, 1845. The citizens of Texas approved an annexation ordinance and new constitution on October 13, 1845.

1. Texas,

2. Oklahoma Panhandle,

3. New Mexico from the Rio Grand East,

4. Colorado,

5. Kansas from the Arkansas River South,

6. A big portion of South Central Wyoming.



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